ORDNANCE MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE SCHOOL

Helping The Army Stay At The Ready

Ordnance Soldiers ensure that weapons systems, vehicles, and tactical support equipment are in perfect working condition.

During AIT, you will learn how to perform mechanical and electrical maintenance on tanks, small arms weapons, Humvees, trucks, mobile electric power generation systems, air conditioners, and various other systems. Depending on your selected Army job, you may also learn machinist and welding skills.

Ordnance Soldiers have the opportunity to obtain certification with national technical accrediting agencies, such as the American Welding Society (AWS), the National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS), and the Automotive Society of Excellence (ASE). Many of these skills also translate into college credit towards a degree.

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The artillery mechanic is primarily responsible for supervising and performing maintenance and recovery operations of all self-propelled field artillery cannon weapon systems — including automotive, turret, fire control and chemical protection subsystems.

The quartermaster and chemical equipment repairer are primarily responsible for supervising or performing maintenance on chemical equipment, quartermaster machinery, forced air-heaters and special purpose equipment.

The Bradley fighting vehicle system maintainer handles the maintenance and repair of the M2/M3, A2/A3 Bradley fighting vehicle, the M6 Bradley linebacker air defense vehicle and the M-7 Bradley fire support team vehicle.

The allied trade specialist is primarily responsible for supervising and performing the fabrication, repair and modification of metallic and nonmetallic parts. They operate lathes, drill presses, grinders and other machine shop equipment.

The power-generation equipment repairer is responsible for supervising and performing maintenance and overhaul of power-generation equipment, internal combustion engines and associated equipment in mobile and stationary power plants.

The wheeled vehicle mechanic is primarily responsible for supervising and performing maintenance and recovery operations on wheeled vehicles and associated items, as well as heavy-wheeled vehicles and select armored vehicles.